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National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People Roy Wilkins Answers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.147 Author/Creator: National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: February 1959 Pagination: 11 p. ; 21.5 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled "Roy Wilkins Answers," dated February 1959. Contains a published reply from Roy Wilkins, executive director of NAACP, to Chet Huntley. Is a response to the hour-long segment that aired on NBC where Huntley expressed that the NAACP should withdraw their opinions on school segregation.

Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Huntley, Chet, 1911-1974

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